Yahoo! News: World - China

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• Tax dispute sparks east China street protests (Reuters)
• Exclusive: China eyes creation of ASEAN Bank (Reuters)
• Hundreds protest over tax dispute in eastern China (AP)
• Europe looks to China for possible bailout help (AP)
• China welcomes consensus reached at EU debt talks (Reuters)
• China sees fuel shortages, warns against hoarding (AP)
• Experts challenge China's 1-child population claim (AP)
• China touts its legal system as protecting rights (AP)
• China's cradle of entrepreneurs braces for debt reckoning (Reuters)

Tax dispute sparks east China street protests (Reuters) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 10:09 AM PDT Reuters - More than a thousand people flooded the streets of a town in eastern China's Zhejiang province Thursday night, smashing cars and facing riot police as they extended earlier protests sparked by a dispute between tax officials and a store owner.

Exclusive: China eyes creation of ASEAN Bank (Reuters) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 06:16 AM PDT Reuters - China is considering a proposal to set up a regional bank to help its small and medium enterprises (SMEs) invest in Southeast Asian neighbors, fund infrastructure projects and promote development in southwestern China, two independent sources said.

Hundreds protest over tax dispute in eastern China (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 05:25 AM PDT AP - Hundreds of migrant small business owners in an eastern Chinese town have protested over a tax dispute in the latest social unrest resulting from increasing economic pressure.

Europe looks to China for possible bailout help (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 05:15 AM PDT AP - As Europe's leaders struggle toward a solution to its debt crisis, hopes are growing that cash-rich China will take a major role in a rescue — expectations that are likely to be dashed.

China welcomes consensus reached at EU debt talks (Reuters) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 05:11 AM PDT Reuters - China welcomed on Thursday the consensus reached at the European Union's summit to tackle the euro zone debt crisis and supported measures taken by the bloc that could help the region's recovery.

China sees fuel shortages, warns against hoarding (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 04:11 AM PDT AP - China's chronic fuel shortages are worsening with the onset of winter, as output lags behind surging demand following price cuts that are worsening refiners' losses.

Experts challenge China's 1-child population claim (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2011 12:25 AM PDT AP - A Chinese claim that without its government's severe family planning limits world population would have hit the 7-billion mark years earlier is drawing fire from demographers who call it baseless and unscientific.

China touts its legal system as protecting rights (AP) Posted: 26 Oct 2011 11:28 PM PDT AP - Chinese lawmakers on Thursday touted the country's legal system as the best way to protect the rights of citizens, despite the widespread detention and intimidation of political critics that is fueling a small but growing movement for greater civil liberties.

China's cradle of entrepreneurs braces for debt reckoning (Reuters) Posted: 26 Oct 2011 09:26 PM PDT Reuters - After China's cradle of private enterprise was rocked recently by woes of its vast underground banking market, a full-blown debt crisis was averted -- but the real test is still to come.

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